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PRESS RELEASE<br>
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</b>FOR IMMEDIATE
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FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:<br>
March 9,
2016
Teresa Izzo<br>
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tizzo@ccmnh.org<br>
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<div align="center"><b>The Friends of the Cape Cod Museum of Natural
History<br>
&<br>
Association to Preserve Cape Cod <br>
present<br>
<i>Landscaping with Native Plants: Healing Our Home Turf<br>
</b> </i><b>with<br>
Karen Bussolini<br>
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</b>BREWSTER, MA As part of the <i>Gardening for Life</i> <i>Speaker
</i>Series, the Friends of the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History and
Association to Preserve Cape Cod present<i> Landscaping with Native
Plants: Healing Our Home Turf </i>with Karen Bussolini <b>Sunday, April
10, 2016 at 1pm </b>at CCMNH 869 Main St./Rte. 6A in Brewster.<br>
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</b> Karen Bussolini is a lifelong organic gardener and lover of
nature. Her presentation is as much about ecological thinking and the
importance of recognizing that our yards are part of an ecosystem, as it
is about plants. She believes that everything we do on our home turf can
heal and support that ecosystem or unknowingly cause damage. <br>
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Karen will show a variety of attractive home landscapes based on natural
systems and using native plants, especially shrubs and trees. She will
also highlight specific native plants that commonly grow in the Eastern
United States and make fine landscape plants, but are often overlooked or
cleared to make way for exotic specimens. Readily available native plants
that thrive in this region will be highlighted, including plants that are
adapted to difficult conditions, such as rocky slopes, poor soil, shade
and damp areas.<br>
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Karen has a long career as a garden photographer, speaker and writer, and
is a frequent contributor to <i>The American Gardener</i>, the magazine
of The American Horticultural Society and <i>Wildflower</i>, published by
The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. She has six books to her credit,
including <i>The Naturescaping Workbook, The Homeowner’s Complete Tree
and Shrub Handbook, </i>and <i>Elegant Silvers,</i> which she also
co-authored. She is a NOFA Accredited Organic Land Care Professional with
an eco-friendly garden coaching practice devoted to teaching homeowners
to garden more sustainably. Her focus is on creating healthy yards that
are resilient, full of life, diversity and delight.<br>
Book signing and Q&A to follow the presentation.<br>
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<b>General Admission is $10 per person Reservations Recommended<br>
APCC Members $5 / Tickets available online at
<a href="http://www.ccmnh.org/" eudora="autourl">www.ccmnh.org<br><br>
</a><i>The Gardening for Life Speaker Series is sponsored in part by the
Friends of CCMNH and APCC (The Association to Preserve Cape
Cod).<br><br>
</i></b>For more information please call: 508-896-3867, ext. 133<br>
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Teresa Izzo<br>
Program Coordinator<br>
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History<br>
869 Main St./Rte. 6A<br>
Brewster, MA 02631<br>
508-896-3867 x137<br>
508-896-8844 - fax</body>
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